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Raphinha nets hat-trick as 7-star Barcelona thrash Valladolid in La Liga
Raphinha scored a hat-trick to help Barcelona thrash Real Valladolid 7-0 in a La Liga encounter on Saturday evening.
Raphinha opened the scoring in the 20th minute and scored two more goals late on to see his side dominate the game from start to finish.
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The other four goals were scored by Robert Lewandowski, Jules Koundé, Dani Olmo and Ferran Torres as Barcelona maintain their perfect start to the season.
Hansi Flick’s side are the only team to win all four matches at the start of the campaign and moved seven points ahead of champions Real Madrid.
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